Classical Conditioning and Operant
Conditioning Test Review UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning by association
Ivan Pavlov
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unlearned stimulus. Something that
is going to naturally cause a reaction
Unconditioned Response (UCR) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unlearned reaction. Result from
UCS
Conditioned Stimulus (CS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned stimulus starts off natural teach
it to respond
Conditioned Response (CR) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned reaction. Result from CS
Processes - CORRECT ANSWER - Acquistion
Inter-Stimuls Interval
Exctinction
Spontaneous Recovery
Generalization
Discrimination
Acquistion - CORRECT ANSWER - the time period where your learning the CS is associated
with the UCS
, Inter-Stimulus Interval - CORRECT ANSWER - amount of time that passes between the
presentation of the CS and the UCS
Extinction - CORRECT ANSWER - when you get rid of a conditioned response use the CS
repeatedly without the USC
Spontaneous Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER - Long period of not responding but it comes
up randomly (revival of an extinguished response)
Generalization - CORRECT ANSWER - response to the similar stimuli the same way
Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER - tell the difference between similar stimuli
John Watson - CORRECT ANSWER - behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people
and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught
to fear a white rat
Robert Rescorla - CORRECT ANSWER - -american psychologist who experimentally
demonstrated the involvement of cognitive processes in classical conditioning
-his experiments refined Pavlov's principle that classical conditioning occurs simply because 2
stimuli are closely associated in time. This research indicated that the CS must be a reliable
signal that predicts the presentations of the UCS. "Classical conditioning is not a stupid process
by which the organism willy-nilly forms associations between any two stimuli that happen to co-
occur." Instead his research demonstrated that the "animal behaves like a scientist, detecting
casual relationships among events and using a range of info about those events to make the
relevant inferences."
Taste Aversion - CORRECT ANSWER - John Garcia
A type of classical conditioning in which a previously desirable or neutral food comes to be
perceived as repugnant because it is associated with negative stimulation
Conditioning Test Review UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Classical Conditioning - CORRECT ANSWER - Learning by association
Ivan Pavlov
Unconditioned stimulus (UCS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unlearned stimulus. Something that
is going to naturally cause a reaction
Unconditioned Response (UCR) - CORRECT ANSWER - Unlearned reaction. Result from
UCS
Conditioned Stimulus (CS) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned stimulus starts off natural teach
it to respond
Conditioned Response (CR) - CORRECT ANSWER - Learned reaction. Result from CS
Processes - CORRECT ANSWER - Acquistion
Inter-Stimuls Interval
Exctinction
Spontaneous Recovery
Generalization
Discrimination
Acquistion - CORRECT ANSWER - the time period where your learning the CS is associated
with the UCS
, Inter-Stimulus Interval - CORRECT ANSWER - amount of time that passes between the
presentation of the CS and the UCS
Extinction - CORRECT ANSWER - when you get rid of a conditioned response use the CS
repeatedly without the USC
Spontaneous Recovery - CORRECT ANSWER - Long period of not responding but it comes
up randomly (revival of an extinguished response)
Generalization - CORRECT ANSWER - response to the similar stimuli the same way
Discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER - tell the difference between similar stimuli
John Watson - CORRECT ANSWER - behaviorism; emphasis on external behaviors of people
and their reactions on a given situation; famous for Little Albert study in which baby was taught
to fear a white rat
Robert Rescorla - CORRECT ANSWER - -american psychologist who experimentally
demonstrated the involvement of cognitive processes in classical conditioning
-his experiments refined Pavlov's principle that classical conditioning occurs simply because 2
stimuli are closely associated in time. This research indicated that the CS must be a reliable
signal that predicts the presentations of the UCS. "Classical conditioning is not a stupid process
by which the organism willy-nilly forms associations between any two stimuli that happen to co-
occur." Instead his research demonstrated that the "animal behaves like a scientist, detecting
casual relationships among events and using a range of info about those events to make the
relevant inferences."
Taste Aversion - CORRECT ANSWER - John Garcia
A type of classical conditioning in which a previously desirable or neutral food comes to be
perceived as repugnant because it is associated with negative stimulation
